On Wed, May 12, 1999 at 03:39:42AM -0400, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
> On Wed, May 12, 1999 at 12:27:13PM +1000, Daniel Carosone wrote:
> > For the sake of completeness, can you eliminate the hub and use a
> > crossover cable?
I just want to add my "me too" to this thread:

Name  Mtu   Network       Address              Ipkts Ierrs    Opkts Oerrs Colls
ex0   1500  <Link>        00:a0:24:35:cb:b5  1011315     0   853028 90442 35058
ex0   1500  HEH/24        WintelKiller.heh.  1011315     0   853028 90442 35058
ne0*  1500  <Link>        00:00:1c:52:26:61        0     0        0     0     0

ex0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
        address: 00:a0:24:35:cb:b5
        media: Ethernet 10baseT
        status: active

pci0 dev 9 function 0: 3Com 3c905B-TX 10/100 Ethernet
ex0: interrupting at irq 10
ex0: MAC address 00:a0:24:35:cb:b5
exphy0 at ex0 phy 24: 3Com internal media interface
exphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto

NetBSD 1.4 (WintelKiller) #111: Fri May  7 20:22:58 MEST 1999
thilo@WintelKiller:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/WintelKiller

If I use the ne0 card instead in the same 10BaseT network (and with the same
patchkabel) the number of Oerrs is ~0 and the collision rate is much lower.
So I doubt it's the physical network.

BTW: The (old) ep drivers in our 1.3.[1-3] Server run fine:
~0 Oerrs, 0 collisions in >14 months of use (3c905-TX, 3c900, switched
network). And I'm going to upgrade it this weekend to 1.4...
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